DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER Date : 02/27/2020 Duedate: 03/25/2020 DRAGONHEAD ARENA DM-72 TURN-350 This Weeks Top Honors THE DUELMASTER IS HUBERTA H IS FOR HIPPO (1266) (72-9699) [6-4-1,159] Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader HUBERTA CLICHE H IS FOR HIPPO (1266) BB CHICK FLICK (923) (72-9699) [6-4-1,159] (72-7533) [5-1-0,62] Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite LOST IN COUCH HYACINTH BASH BROS REMOTE (960) H IS FOR HIPPO (1266) (72-7734) [13-6-1,92] (72-9549) [8-6-0,81] THE CURRENT TOP TEAM BASH BROS SPOUSE (1334) TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team 1. BASH BROS WALLET (873) 59 2. BASH BROS SPOUSE (1334) 54 BASH BROS MLM (973) 3. BASH BROS SHEETS (980) 50 Unchartered Team 4. H IS FOR HIPPO (1266) 49 5. FREELANCERS (576) 29 BB CHICK FLICK (923) The Top Teams Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 1- 1*FAST TIMES (987) 2 0 0 100 1/ 1 BASH BROS SPOUSE (1334) 10 5 1 2/ 0 BASH BROS MLM (973) 40 10 1 80.0 2/ 4 UNLIKELY HEROES (1325) 6 2 0 3/ 0 BASH BROS MARRIAGE (881) 41 12 4 77.4 3/ 2 BASH BROS FRUITS (1337) 5 2 0 4- 3 BASH BROS FISHERMA (976) 37 11 0 77.1 4/ 0*BASH BROS SHEETS (980) 4 0 0 5/ 0*BB CHICK FLICK (923) 9 3 1 75.0 5/ 5 BASH BROS NEW CAR (1013) 4 1 2 6/ 7 BASH BROS SPOUSE (1334) 41 14 3 74.5 6/ 7 H IS FOR HIPPO (1266) 4 2 1 7/ 4 BASH BROS FRUITS (1337) 26 9 3 74.3 7/ 3 BASH BROS HARD DI (1035) 4 2 0 8/ 0*BASH BROS SHEETS (980) 19 7 0 73.1 8/14 FREELANCERS (576) 4 3 1 9/ 5 BASH BROS HARD DI (1035) 16 6 0 72.7 9- 6*KABOOMERS (1048) 3 0 0 10- 6 BASH BROS ROADSIDE (788) 67 26 1 72.0 10/ 0*BB CHICK FLICK (923) 2 0 0 11- 8 BASH BROS LIGHTS (1021) 69 27 1 71.9 11/ 0 BASH BROS MARRIAGE (881) 2 0 0 12/ 0 BASH BROS FAST FOO (739) 52 21 1 71.2 12- 8*FAST TIMES (987) 2 0 0 13/ 9 BASH BROS REMOTE (960) 101 41 6 71.1 13/ 9 BASH BROS REMOTE (960) 2 1 0 14-10 BASH BROS B-MOVIE (1025) 46 19 2 70.8 14/12 OBSIDIAN HALL (1324) 2 1 0 15-11*KABOOMERS (1048) 13 6 1 68.4 15/13 BASH BROS SWEATER (1332) 2 1 0 16/12 BASH BROS NEW CAR (1013) 51 25 3 67.1 16/18*BASH BROS WALLET (873) 1 0 0 17/19*BASH BROS WALLET (873) 2 1 0 66.7 17-15 BASH BROS LIGHTS (1021) 1 0 0 18-14*BASH BROS FENCE (784) 5 3 1 62.5 18/10 BASH BROS CANDLE (1023) 1 2 0 Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K 19/13 BASH BROS SWEATER (1332) 12 8 0 60.0 19-21 BASH BROS FISHERMA (976) 1 2 0 20/15 BASH BROS CANDLE (1023) 22 16 0 57.9 20/11 J IS FOR JACK (1268) 1 2 0 21/18 BB FLASHLIGHT (1333) 8 7 0 53.3 21/22 BB FLASHLIGHT (1333) 1 2 0 22/17 FREELANCERS (576) 83 82 11 50.3 22/ 0 BASH BROS MLM (973) 0 2 0 23/16 OBSIDIAN HALL (1324) 17 17 0 50.0 23-17 BASH BROS B-MOVIE (1025) 0 1 0 24/20 UNLIKELY HEROES (1325) 29 30 3 49.2 24-19 BASH BROS ROADSIDE (788) 0 1 0 25/21 H IS FOR HIPPO (1266) 18 23 1 43.9 25/ 0 BASH BROS FAST FOO (739) 0 1 0 26/22 J IS FOR JACK (1268) 4 9 0 30.8 26-20*BASH BROS FENCE (784) 0 1 0 '*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn (###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank TEAM SPOTLIGHT Dark Stoicism The giant sword cut a furrow into the dirt. The night's light reflected from a few patches on its slowly rusting blade, which rose out through an upturned mouth. The ricasso head stretched past a crossguard of outstretched hands. The stylized fighter handle stood on a pommel skull. Two beefy hands grasped the figure's body. The sword was massive, like the warrior holding it, called Stoic. The sword was sleek and battle-worn, the warrior was bloated and uncertain. Towering though he was, even under plates of armor, fat rolls peeked out. One might wonder if the cook decided to go to war while the soldiers stayed in the kitchen. Stoic looked back. His manager, memory, had been there just a moment ago, but the tree line had misted over, obscuring the entrance. He shrugged under the weight of the armor and looked through his helmet. The moonlight was bright on a clearing in the forest. All was deadly quiet, night mist roiling. His sollrets clunking through patchy grass occasionally broke the silence. It would be serene, but he could feel eyes everywhere and the promise of death. This was not a quiet forest and certainly not the boisterous and sandy arena he normally fought in. This was the Dark Arena, final resting spot of the failed gladiator. * * * "I can do better. I can! Please!" Stoic pleaded but memory was unmoved. "My decision is final. You don't have the desire to live a life of war. You have not grown into the gladiator name I gave you." Stoic was on his knees, begging, searching memory's unseeing eyes for hope. Memory's mouth tightened as he let out an almost imperceptible sigh. He pulled the hood of his tight black cloak over his head, turned, and drifted away. "Wyvern, please. Surely you can save me?" The trainer put a hand on his shoulder. With Stoic on his knees, he and the diminutive trainer were eye to eye. An immortal warrior with many years and many deaths behind her, she did not harbor his fear of the unknown. "Today's fight is over. Tomorrow we will train for the next." She locked eyes with him, passing on some of her inner resolve. "Come," she bade, as she led him from the infirmary back to their training hall. * * * A biting pain seared through an exposed flap of skin on his stomach. His mind had wandered away from the fight. His opponent, a Dark Arena champion, had entered silently. An elf stood before him, two feet shorter, but standing tall and towering above Stoic by confidence and bearing if not physical height. He might have been a glimmering angel, moonbeams dancing on exquisite silver mail. The elf brought his needle-thin sword up, hilt to face, blade skyward, in honorable warrior salute. He was sure he had won, and everyone knew it. He had time to honor the walking dead. * * * Old Wyvern snaked a short spear under his guard, stopping just short of cutting. She always used her deadly spear, even in training, such was her skill and control. He had a greatsword, blunted for training, but massive. "I can barely move it. How can I train or fight if it's too heavy?" He felt a familiar and painful whack from the blunt end of Wyvern's spear. "Don't blame the sword. Desire victory and the sword will move." She struck again and he moved to the side, not moving the sword so much as standing it in the path of the attack. The parry was unorthodox but successful. "That'll do. Now strike!" * * * Stoic tried to recall his training as the fight continued. It wasn't working. He was bleeding profusely. He fell back on his reserves of strength and willpower. Slash, cut, smash... the elf was striking every weak spot in his armor, inflicting damage at will. Circle, stab, circle, slash, circle, cut. Stoic had been on the ground twice before struggling to his feet, stumbling and throwing up defenses with little success. He felt frustrated and clumsy but kept defending. Maybe the attacks were coming more slowly... * * * The arena crowd was restless, only moderately attentive to the morning's rookie warriors. The sand worked its way between his toes. He was just a boy. His parents did not love their son so much as an arena bounty. Stoic was scared and slow and the man in front of him wished him harm. And harm he did. Stoic cowered behind his shield, without even a weapon. "It's better this way. Rely on your hands. I want to see what you can do," memory had said. Stoic was bruised and bleeding. His opponent was more tired than injured, exhausted, really. Under a slowly diminishing rain of blows, Stoic heard calls from his teammates. "Now strike!" They were yelling frantically. He peered over his shield to see his opponent, sweating, breathing heavily, grip loosening on his sword. The attacking gladiator overextended above his head, ready to deliver another hacking, unopposed blow. Stoic roared upward to his full height, at the same time sending his shield through the surprised gladiator's face. Blood spattered, he flipped once and landed face down with a thud, sword flying end over end to land ten feet away. The crowd gasped for a moment then roared. His team roared. He looked to see memory, gazing forward blindly as always, but clearly smiling at him. * * * Back in the night mist, he was tired and hurt. After a long fight, minutes under this barrage. It must happen soon. Stoic knew he would die. But he wasn't dead yet. He saw the elf circling, waiting for another attack. He saw the moonlight and the trees. He felt the watching eyes. He felt memory and old Wyvern and his team. He knew they could see. He felt his opponents and all the gladiators in him for this moment. He felt his parents, who only saw in him a mouth to feed. He saw the high elf, still glistening, now with sweat -- still looking down on Stoic -- looking down not with haughty indignation as before, but the desperation of a man trying to chop down a stone tower and just realizing his error. Stoic saw not confidence but desperation. For the first time, resignation gave way to fury. "Strike Now," he heard in his mind. The elf leapt forward, blade flashing. Stoic spun to his right, pulling the massive blade in his wake. The elf and his blade shot through the spot Stoic had been, then turned back in disbelief at the unexpected life in his easy quarry. "Strike Now," Stoic thought, as he continued his spin, continued his fury, pulling the blade full circle, letting out a roar that called all the judging eyes to witness. The blade felt warm in his hand. He struggled to catch his breath. The arc of the blade had pulled him another half circle away from his opponent. He looked back at the elf, ready for the next attack. The elf's body stood, head lying on its shoulder, neck detached entirely where the blade had hewn through. The head's eyes were still open, judging differently now, askew. Immortal these Dark Arena champions were, and immortality makes death an odd thing. Stoic fell to his knees, sobbing. The fight was over. And it might never end. -- memory SPY REPORT Busy, busy, busy, lots of things happening in DRAGONHEAD this turn, and let's start with a look at some of the teams. Now keep the taverns open late tonight, for there are sorrows to drown for J IS FOR JACK, whose 0-1-0 this turn dropped them by 9 into 20th. FREELANCERS stable has parlayed this turn's 2-1-0 into a 6 space move up the rankings. This brings them up to 8th place. Good work, guys! And let's see, EMPTY fought SLARDRI and gained 59 points and contributed to BASH BROS WALLET's 1-0-0. COUNT PEPPERMINT has lost to RIPPED, falling 20 points, while helping make UNLIKELY HEROES a 1-1-0 turn. The attempts to dethrone the Duelmaster have failed, and HUBERTA remains DRAGONHEAD's top warrior for another turn. Tell me, is nothing sacred? I have heard from unimpeachable sources that The Welcome Wench uses trolls in their stew. Talk about gristle! He who challenges well, fights well. He who avoids without cause, shall lose for good reasons. My mama told me that one. I also notice that the OBSIDIAN HALL stable was the most avoided team this turn. Come on DRAGONHEAD, what are you afraid of? And avoiding OBSIDIAN HALL more than any other team we find BASH BROS SPOUSE. DRAGONHEAD, are we going to accept, or respect this sort of thing? The most challenged warrior this turn was BASH BROS HARD DISK's warrior MOTOR GOES OUT. More fighters challenged him than challenged the Duelmaster! Building dreams on hope, FIRE STARTER challenged up 33 points this turn to take on PROJECT A from UNLIKELY HEROES stable. Sad to say, FIRE STARTER lost to PROJECT A, and the attempt ended up costing FIRE STARTER 0 recognition points. A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once. Wise men know this to be true. Banners at half mast, warriors, BASH BROS MLM has lost HERBALIFE, and you might say all of DRAGONHEAD has felt the loss, except maybe H IS FOR HIPPO. Hearty mugs of ale were raised in DRAGONHEAD today as SOUR was bid farewell to a 10-3-1 warrior, with KUNG-FU MASTER of DRAGONHEAD standing silent and pensive. We'd like to remind certain teams not to rob the graves of their enemies. You know who you are; and it's considered rude. I like this place, DRAGONHEAD, the taverns have old wine, and young serving girls. Who could ask for more? It's been nice chatting with you, until we meet again, keep your swords sharp and your hammers heavy. Until the sun next rises and my pen sets to paper-- Alarond the Scribe DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME HUBERTA 9699 6 4 1 159 H IS FOR HIPPO (1266) CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME PROJECT A 10072 15 12 0 120 UNLIKELY HEROES (1325) BOOGER KING 6588 31 15 0 116 BASH BROS FAST FOOD (739) -FLICKERING 8048 22 0 0 112 BASH BROS LIGHTS (1021) -NONSTANDARD 8051 17 9 1 107 BASH BROS LIGHTS (1021) VENTALEN 5288 17 8 1 104 FREELANCERS (576) CONVENIENCE 7310 16 4 0 104 BASH BROS MARRIAGE (881) BUGS 10143 12 1 0 96 BASH BROS FRUITS (1337) STARGAZER 10069 12 11 0 94 OBSIDIAN HALL (1324) LEMON 8010 18 9 1 92 BASH BROS NEW CAR (1013) -BRIGHT 8050 15 9 0 92 BASH BROS LIGHTS (1021) LOST IN COUCH 7734 13 6 1 92 BASH BROS REMOTE (960) TAX PENALTY 7311 12 6 1 91 BASH BROS MARRIAGE (881) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -TIME BOMB 8204 4 0 0 88 KABOOMERS (1048) NAG 10128 8 3 0 86 BASH BROS SPOUSE (1334) CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME FIRE STARTER 8061 17 15 0 85 BASH BROS CANDLE (1023) DIRTY DISHES 10129 7 4 0 83 BASH BROS SPOUSE (1334) CLOTHES ON FLOOR 10130 10 1 0 81 BASH BROS SPOUSE (1334) HYACINTH 9549 8 6 0 81 H IS FOR HIPPO (1266) -AMWAY 7795 14 2 1 80 BASH BROS MLM (973) -DRUNK 7812 15 1 0 78 BASH BROS FISHERMAN (976) -FIRST SCRATCH 8009 10 8 0 75 BASH BROS NEW CAR (1013) -FLAME OUT 8205 6 1 1 75 KABOOMERS (1048) CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME UGLY 10118 8 4 0 65 BASH BROS SWEATER (1332) CLICHE 7533 5 1 0 62 BB CHICK FLICK (923) EMPTY 7269 1 0 0 59 BASH BROS WALLET (873) -FISH STORY 7813 12 4 0 57 BASH BROS FISHERMAN (976) RIPPED 9875 5 0 0 57 BASH BROS SHEETS (980) -SPIRIT OF COFFEE 10108 4 1 1 57 UNLIKELY HEROES (1325) ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME WILLDRAS 5282 12 3 0 56 FREELANCERS (576) BAD MEDIA 8127 8 3 0 56 BASH BROS HARD DISK (1035) SNORING 10127 8 3 3 55 BASH BROS SPOUSE (1334) IN THE WASHER 7833 4 1 0 49 BASH BROS SHEETS (980) MOTOR GOES OUT 8123 8 3 0 47 BASH BROS HARD DISK (1035) TOILET SEAT 10126 8 3 0 44 BASH BROS SPOUSE (1334) -REPAIR 6819 5 3 1 43 BASH BROS FENCE (784) DISCOVERY TOYS 7798 11 6 0 39 BASH BROS MLM (973) NO BATTERIES 10121 6 7 0 38 BB FLASHLIGHT (1333) -UNPREPARED 7811 10 6 0 36 BASH BROS FISHERMAN (976) COUNT PEPPERMINT 10330 7 10 2 36 UNLIKELY HEROES (1325) CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -CATNIP 8203 3 1 0 32 KABOOMERS (1048) STINKY 8225 3 0 0 32 BASH BROS SHEETS (980) COLD 8226 2 1 0 28 BASH BROS SHEETS (980) O' LANTERN 9558 4 9 0 27 J IS FOR JACK (1268) -HARD TO REACH 8049 7 5 0 26 BASH BROS LIGHTS (1021) -DEAD BULB 10125 2 0 0 25 BB FLASHLIGHT (1333) INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME -SPOILED 10141 4 5 2 22 BASH BROS FRUITS (1337) -TRAGICALLY HIPPO 9701 3 2 0 21 H IS FOR HIPPO (1266) NO PLOT 7531 4 2 1 20 BB CHICK FLICK (923) -COUNTERFEIT 7270 1 0 0 15 BASH BROS WALLET (873) -PENELOPE PITSTOP 7870 1 0 0 13 FAST TIMES (987) -CITIZEN BANE 10107 2 0 0 12 UNLIKELY HEROES (1325) -DOCTOR WEEVIL 10074 1 0 0 9 UNLIKELY HEROES (1325) -TOM SLICK 7869 1 0 0 9 FAST TIMES (987) SLARDRI 5893 1 1 1 5 FREELANCERS (576) -HIRED MERCENARY 10068 0 1 0 5 OBSIDIAN HALL (1324) -LOSER 1 9368 0 1 0 1 KABOOMERS (1048) '-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn. THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge? CAPTURED ORC 0 0 0 SNORING 10127 350 NONE SOUR 10142 10 3 1 BASH BROS FRUIT 1337 KUNG-FU MASTER 350 NONE HERBALIFE 7796 15 2 0 BASH BROS MLM 973 HUBERTA 9699 350 STRETCHED 10116 4 4 0 BASH BROS SWEAT 1332 COUNT PEPPERMIN 10330 346 NOT REVENGED ABBERAN 5280 9 5 2 FREELANCERS 576 LEMON 8010 349 PERSONAL ADS DM 72 is one of the 'transfer' arenas which managers typically use to prep tourney warriors. Most managers use DM 82/84/85 for their prepping. This manager prefers slow arenas and is historically Delarquan, so... DM 72 fits me well. And I've transferred/created more than a few teams here. I rarely challenge (though if you poke me too much I have been known to start punishing managers for such poking) and almost always run 5 KD attacking limbs (and don't even care if you know that and decide to use that against my warriors). But I do send in avoids and I DO protect my 'special' warriors. (And special means many different things to me.) Hope that is a sufficient answer. -- Assurnasirbanipal, manager of the Bash Bros franchise (not to be confused with the Brash Bros franchise, which is managed by a very nasty chap, General Bashur) LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS FIRE STARTER was bested by PROJECT A in a 5 minute master's Challenge fight. WILLDRAS unbelievably bested MOTOR GOES OUT in a popular 4 minute Challenge match. O' LANTERN was vanquished by TOILET SEAT in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl. HUBERTA assassinated HERBALIFE in a 1 minute one-sided Title fight. CONVENIENCE bested STARGAZER in a popular 1 minute expert's brawl. BOOGER KING was viciously subdued by VENTALEN in a 2 minute master's match. NAG handily defeated M. CHARDINEE in a 3 minute uneven melee. LOST IN COUCH vanquished KUNG-FU MASTER in a action packed 1 minute one-sided duel. LEMON defeated VETERAN MERCENARY in a exciting 1 minute gruesome fight. BUGS overpowered M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute one-sided fight. DIRTY DISHES savagely defeated VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute competition. HYACINTH savagely defeated UGLY in a crowd pleasing 3 minute gory match. SOUR was put to death by KUNG-FU MASTER in a popular 1 minute conflict. TAX PENALTY won victory over KUNG-FU MASTER in a crowd pleasing 2 minute bout. CLOTHES ON FLOOR vanquished M. CHARDINEE in a 1 minute one-sided fray. CLICHE slimly won victory over DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a crowd pleasing 2 minute brawl. DISCOVERY TOYS was defeated by DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a exciting 1 minute bout. IN THE WASHER overpowered CAPTURED ORC in a popular 1 minute bloody one-sided bout. BAD MEDIA viciously subdued AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 2 minute gory contest. COUNT PEPPERMINT was overpowered by RIPPED in a 1 minute one-sided duel. SNORING executed CAPTURED ORC in a 1 minute gruesome uneven fray. NO BATTERIES devastated CULT MEMBER in a 1 minute one-sided bout. STINKY overpowered EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a exciting 1 minute uneven fight. NO PLOT overpowered CONVICTED THIEF in a 1 minute one-sided duel. COLD overpowered MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute uneven match. SLARDRI was overpowered by EMPTY in a popular 1 minute gruesome uneven duel. BATTLE REPORT MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS |FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT| |BASHING ATTACK 7 PARRY-RIPOSTE 7 - 2 - 0 78 | |TOTAL PARRY 6 TOTAL PARRY 47 - 19 - 0 71 | |AIMED BLOW 6 STRIKING ATTACK 32 - 13 - 1 71 | |WALL OF STEEL 5 WALL OF STEEL 48 - 25 - 1 66 | |STRIKING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 11 - 6 - 1 65 | |SLASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-STRIKE 16 - 9 - 0 64 | |PARRY-LUNGE 2 BASHING ATTACK 43 - 25 - 7 63 | |PARRY-STRIKE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 10 - 7 - 2 59 | |LUNGING ATTACK 1 AIMED BLOW 18 - 13 - 0 58 | |PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 PARRY-LUNGE 12 - 12 - 0 50 | Turn 350 was great if you Not so great if you used The fighting styles of the used the fighting styles: the fighting styles: top eleven warriors are: LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 5 TOTAL PARRY BASHING ATTACK 7 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 2 2 STRIKING ATTACK WALL OF STEEL 5 - 0 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 0 2 BASHING ATTACK STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 1 1 WALL OF STEEL TOTAL PARRY 4 - 2 1 AIMED BLOW AIMED BLOW 3 - 3 PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME STRIKING ATTACK HUBERTA 9699 6 4 1 159 H IS FOR HIPPO (1266) TOTAL PARRY PROJECT A 10072 15 12 0 120 UNLIKELY HEROES (1325) WALL OF STEEL VENTALEN 5288 17 8 1 104 FREELANCERS (576) AIMED BLOW STARGAZER 10069 12 11 0 94 OBSIDIAN HALL (1324) BASHING ATTACK LEMON 8010 18 9 1 92 BASH BROS NEW CAR (1013) LUNGING ATTACK LOST IN COUCH 7734 13 6 1 92 BASH BROS REMOTE (960) PARRY-LUNGE HYACINTH 9549 8 6 0 81 H IS FOR HIPPO (1266) PARRY-STRIKE UGLY 10118 8 4 0 65 BASH BROS SWEATER (1332) SLASHING ATTACK RIPPED 9875 5 0 0 57 BASH BROS SHEETS (980) Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above. The overall popularity leader is LOST IN COUCH 7734. The most popular warrior this turn was HYACINTH 9549. The ten other most popular fighters were CLICHE 7533, MOTOR GOES OUT 8123, VENTALEN 5288, LEMON 8010, TAX PENALTY 7311, CONVENIENCE 7310, EMPTY 7269, LOST IN COUCH 7734, DIRTY DISHES 10129, and UGLY 10118. The least popular fighter this week was PROJECT A 10072. The other ten least popular fighters were COUNT PEPPERMINT 10330, HERBALIFE 7796, O' LANTERN 9558, FIRE STARTER 8061, SLARDRI 5893, NO PLOT 7531, CLOTHES ON FLOOR 10130, SOUR 10142, BOOGER KING 6588, and STARGAZER 10069. NAME CHANGE-O-RAMA Algernon, who had NOT gotten the name change he'd asked for, looked at the latest petitioner. This was a typical gladiator, big, muscular, and scarred, with a frown. "Ah, what can I do for you?" "Name change. I heard we can do that. I'm tired of being Jane Doe." "I'd think you would be," Algernon said faintly. "The Commission has actually been thinking about this. It isn't FREE, mind you! It takes money to run our office, you know, and we want to buy some goats--" "I don't care about goats!" He made a crude suggestion about goats. "Gladiators, teams, it will cost you two dollars to make a change--" "I had a talk with my manager. He'll find the money. I want to change my name to Jane Ralph. I'm no doe!" He thumped a fist on the counter. "Er, yes. Jane Ralph. Fill out this form, please." He pushed the paper across the counter. "The changes start on the 15th of April--that's the Ides, you know, and can be submitted through the end of May. With the payment. No change without the goat, ah, the gold." * * * * * Warrior and team name changes will be accepted beginning April 15 and continuing throughout the month of May. The cost will be $2 per name change. All proceeds will be used to buy goats via Heifer International and will be matched up to $500. If you have names you want to change, please contact Customer Service. -- RSI NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS) For those of you who keep track of such things, a few additional warriors graduated from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament. TRILLIUM (2-6366) FLOYD'S BREWERY DR. GIRLFRIEND (3-7105) IRATE FORMATIONS SAUL GOODMAN (5-5832) ANTIHEROES COURAGE (32-6353) ANGELS OF PAIN BIG BROTHER (69-6988) FRAT PARTY BLOWOUT SPILLS (72-6855) BASH BROS THEATER PARKING LOT (72-6868) BASH BROS FREEWAY JANUARY JONES (73-6056) CALENDAR GIRLS BIRGITTE (73-6755) KINGS BLADES GUARDIAN (82-16446) WAY TOO MUCH BEER5 CRAZY 54 (84-11494) CRAZY 88 15 PAYED LATE (84-12533) TMF II BILLABONG (84-13804) GENERATION Y SAROKITH (84-30929) DUB O DUBS CIEL PHANTOMHIVE (84-36380) ANIME LEGENDS 4 SWEET-N-SOUR (84-50491) SUPERIOR FORCES DA02 ROBERT PAULSON 115 (84-52207) PROJECT MAYHEM 36 THE SQUIDS (84-54746) CHICAGO BOUND 15 CAT SCRATCH FEVER (84-56886) COLLEGE RADIO X THE ORANGE ONE (84-57256) THE MOTHERSHIP ZU GINGER KNOWLES (85-5131) SWORDFISH VOODOO TOAD (85-14776) DARK TOADS HIDEYOSHI (85-21460) SAMURAI FIVE ZOCALO (85-24610) KC FOOD XIII Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes